Mill and River (Oil Bar Painting Day 1)

Mill and River (Oil Bar Painting Day 1) Originally uploaded by randubnick

This is the painting I started yesterday at Red Brick, another view of the Merrimac River in Manchester, New Hampshire, part of a series for a show in January. Yesterday I only had a short time to work on this, but I managed to rough in the basic composition, using oil bars directly on the canvas. I am using one of my photographs (also posted here) as a reference. Meanwhile, today I decided that I am not finished after all with the night view of the mill and river (posted yesterday), and that I need to do more with the water in the foreground. But that's another painting, another story, and another post for tomorrow.